Epilepsy in Our Experience

Accounts of Health Care Professionals

Edited by Steven C. Schachter

In the last 5 years, approximately 2.7 million people have been treated for epilepsy and between 0.5% - 2% of people will develop epilepsy during their lifetime. Up to 5% of the worldwide population may have a single seizure in their lifetime. It is further estimated that 60 million people in the World have had at least one epileptic seizure in their lifetime. Most shockingly is that between 70 - 80K people each year in the US alone are diagnosed with epilepsy.

Epilepsy is simply defined as having more than one seizure in a person's life. The occurrence of 2 seizures, even if separated by a year or more, is technically considered as having epilepsy.

Epilepsy in Our Experience

Accounts of Health Care Professionals

First Edition

Edited by Steven C. Schachter

Description

The book reveals, for the first time, the wide range of emotions, challenges and triumphs experienced by those who work with epilepsy patients and their families. The book also records the profound, uplifting and often heartbreaking experiences of practitioners with seizures who have come to understand, first hand, the perspective of patients with epilepsy.